#243

The only bad thing about Spiderland is that it killed the Slayer thread!

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#244

I got Tweez in the second hand section of a Leeds record shop (Crash?) a few years ago but it was fairly cheap so I assume itā€™s the reissue.

I already had a CD of it that I found on ebay once but the disc is completely blank so its hard to know which way up it goes in the CD player and it says something on the back like ā€œthis album should be played on vinylā€. Annoys me a bit when a band are snarky about and put no effort into a product youā€™ve bought from them but I guess CDs were the ā€˜enemyā€™ at the time

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#245

I probably listen to On Avery Island more than Aeroplane these days tbf

#246

Now that is a flaming hot take

#247

Itā€™s very good in fairness.
I donā€™t listen to either very often until I need them.

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#248

Tweez was only issued on LP first. Iā€™ve got one of the original CD versions on Touch & Go from 1993 and another reissue from a few years later.

Have two copies of that, three of Spiderland, two of the S/T EP and two copies of The For Carnationā€™s album. Why the fuck have I all of these? Where did I get them?

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#249

The only logical explanation is that you are Brian McMahan.

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#250

Sounds suspiciously like my home town Chichester.

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#251

They should stop playing the same six songs wrong to me, imo.

#252

Itā€™s a great island, imo.

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#253

Thatā€™s why I donā€™t want to discuss my work in this thread.

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#254

Not saying itā€™s better, definitely doesnā€™t have as many memorable songs and I absolutely played Aeroplane to death as a teenager, but as a 31 year old Iā€™m usually more in the mood for some low key fuzz than some nasally pining for Anne Frank.

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#255

Close enough. Winchester. We had a Sam Goody(!) for a while, where I remember buying a few singles like Sheā€™s a Star by James and Wide Open Space by Mansun. For a short time we had an indie called Falcon Records who I remember giving me a HUGE Super Furry Animals ā€˜Fuzzy Logicā€™ poster when I was 13. But from 1998 it was pretty much MVC or nothing.

#256

We know who our Averys aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee

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#257

Ever checked out The Gerbils. Pretty low key fuzz folk E6 band featuring Scott of NMH.

#258

Currently live in Winchester. I love a 'chester, I do. Thereā€™s a lovely record shop in the precient (Kingā€™s Walk) opposite the brooks centre called Elephant Records. Is very reasonably priced and has a brilliant choice.

#259

9/10, incredible album. Breadcrumb Trail is up there as one of my favourite album intros.

One of my favourite sounding records too, Brian Paulsonā€™s ā€œliveā€ sounding production here is absolute class.

#260

I havenā€™t, years ago I dipped my toe in some other E6 stuff but none of it really stuck much

#261

no shit, you live in Winchester? Itā€™s where I grew up, in a house just around the corner from River Park Leisure Centre. Iā€™m glad to hear thereā€™s something resembling an indie in Winchester. One of the last things I did before I moved to Poland was seeing Shearwater at the Railway Inn. Actually, that might have happened years earlier, my memory of winchester is fuzzied

#262

Try these -
The Gerbils - Are You Sleepy?
Olivia Tremor Controlā€¦ Cubist castle
ELF power - when the red king comes
Beulah - when your heartstrings break

Then other well-known youā€™ve probs already heard are early Of Montreal up to Hissing Fauna. And Apples In Stereo (try the collection #1 hits explosion as a starter)

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